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connected with the profession of a patent agent or patent attorney shall lodge an
application on Form P4, which application shall be accompanied by the
prescribed fee and by evidence on affidavit of the circumstances of the case and
of the present character and behaviour of the person seeking to be employed.
Such application shall be served on the South African Institute of Intellectual
Property Law and the proof of such service shall be lodged with the registrar. If
no objection is received from the Institute within one month of the service upon it
of the application, the registrar may decide the matter in the absence of the
Institute.
(2) An agent who wishes to employ, in terms of section 24 (5) of the Act, a patent
agent or patent attorney whose name has been removed from the register or
suspended from practice in terms of section 23 of the Act shall lodge an
application on Form P4, which application shall be accompanied by the
prescribed fee and by evidence on affidavit of the circumstances of the case and
of the present character and behaviour of the person he wishes to employ. Such
application shall be served on the South African Institute of Intellectual Property
Law and the proof of such service shall be lodged with the registrar. If no
objection is received from the Institute within one month of the service upon it of
the application, the registrar may decide the matter in the absence of the
Institute.
75. Attorneys entitled to practise as patent agents
An attorney who wishes to continue, after 1 January 1984, to have rights of
representation, in terms of section 22 (1) of the Act, without having been registered as a
patent attorney may apply to the registrar for an extension of such rights on Form P4.
The application shall be accompanied by evidence on affidavit of his activities in the
past five years in representing parties in matters or proceedings under the Act, and of
his activities and preparation to become registered as a patent attorney, together with
any other reasons for the extension of such rights. Proof of service of his application on
the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law and on the law society
concerned shall be furnished to the registrar.
CHAPTER III
THE COURT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS (regs 76-105)
76. Proceedings before the commissioner of patents may be initiated by way of
(a) a notice of appeal;
(b) a notice of opposition;
(c) an application for revocation;
(d) an application for extension of term;
(e) a notice of motion;
(f)
s ummons.
77. When any proceeding referred to in regulation 76 is initiated the registrar shall act as
the registrar of the court of the commissioner of patents and shall open a separate file
for that proceeding.
78. Reasons of registrar
When any person objects to any order or decision of the registrar he may, within one
month of the date of the registrar's order or decision or such further time as the registrar